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Article 74
 

Voting Premises

1. Voting shall be conducted in specially allocated and equipped premises, in which booths (rooms) for secret voting shall be arranged and places assigned for issuing election ballots and for placing the ballot boxes. The polling station election commission shall be responsible for arranging the voting premises.

2. Executive bodies of local self-government or other bodies (officers), which according to law exercise their powers, shall provide the election precinct with the necessary premises for voting, which shall be suitable for being equipped in accordance with the requirements of this Law and regulations adopted by the Central Election Commission. Voting premises in small election precincts (with up to 500 voters) must have not less than 50 square meters, medium precincts (from 500 up to 1,500 voters) - not less than 75 square meters, and large precincts (with more than 1,500 voters) - not less than 90 square meters.

3. Voting premises must be equipped with a sufficient number of booths (rooms) for secret voting. For small election precincts, the number of such booths (rooms) shall be no less than two, for medium precincts - no less than four, and for large precincts - no less than six. The location of the equipment in the voting premises shall be planned in such a way that the place for issuing election ballots, the entrance and the exit from the ballot booths (rooms) for secret voting and the ballot boxes are within sight of members of the polling station election commission and persons who in accordance with this Law have the right to be present in the voting premises.

4. Every election precinct shall be provided with the necessary number of large (stationary) and small (mobile) ballot boxes. The Central Election Commission shall determine the dimensions of the ballot boxes and the transparent material, of which they shall be produced. Small election precincts must have not less than two large and two small ballot boxes, medium precincts - not less than three large and two small ballot boxes, and large precincts - not less than four large and three small ballot boxes. The ballot boxes shall be placed in the voting premises in such way that voters will pass through the booths (rooms) for secret voting on their way to them.

5. The polling station election commission must in the voting premises or directly in front of them place posters that explain the voting procedure and the liabilities for violations of the legislation on the elections of the President of Ukraine, and information posters of the candidates for the post of President of Ukraine, that shall be placed in alphabetic order (in the order the candidates appear on the election ballot).